White as Snow

Having thrilled readers with her adult fairy tales in Red as Blood and Forests of the Night, Tanith Lee now gives us a novel-length version of her favorite old tale, "Snow White". Arpazia is the queen cold as snow who gives birth to a daughter with hair black as night and lips red as blood . . . but she wants nothing to do with the child, violently conceived the night her father's castle was sacked. The child, Coira, grows up virtually abandoned in a war lord's palace . . . until the elder gods lure mother and daughter into the woods. The book also features an introduction by Terri Windling about "Snow White" and modern fairy tale fiction.